Waste receptacle



Jail, 321; 1933. w 5 Wm ET AL 1,895,904

WASTE RECEPTACLE Filed Oct. 6, 1951 2 Sheets-Sheet l I013 lford Earl lwfi/fs Geoiye @Zemfider Graves Patented Jan. 31, 1933 UNITED STATES A E T W ILFORD EARL LUTTS AND GEORGE A LEXANIDER GRAVES, 0F NEWTON CENTER, MASSACHUSETTS, ASSIGNORS TO SAN-I-FIL, INC 01? BOSTON, MASSACHUSETTS,-A'

CORPORATION 02* MASSACHUSETTS r WASTE RECEPTACLE Application fi1ed 0ctober'6, 1931. 25am K055611981 I Our present invention involves abasis of garbage disposal particularly adapted for homes, hotels, hospitals, but. capable of use under any circumstances where garbage or other waste is or should be placed in, paper or like containers for handling. y

The desirability of such a basis of. disposal is, so well known that the, needfor the'enf couragement of the practice is obvious. The apparent deterrents to the establishment of this sanitary basis of handling refuse has been the lack of means-sufliciently convenient to be acceptable to persons who usually are in much haste to effect the disposalwhich at best is not a pleasant task.

Various makeshifts. have been utilized such as news or wrapping paper. The principal ofiicial requirement is that the garbage be enclosed in some non-contaminating and combustible wrapper. v

It has been proposed to use containersof the bag type, as these offer manyadvantages and if suitably oiled or waterproofed prevent drip. in handling as in transferring from the kitchen sink to the usual outside garbage container. The difficulty withisuch a baglike container is that if made, in cheap and inexpensive form, as it must to attain general use, it is a flimsy and inconvenient article to handle, difficult to fill and impracticable to put in such a place as a sink where there is usually more or less flow of water.

3 Our invention contemplates "a receptacle ofv extremely simple and inexpensive character, and yet of high efficiency and having a maximum of advantages desired anda minimum of the defects and inconveniences heretofore encountered. As an embodiment of my invention I have shown in the accompanying drawings such a receptacle generally illustrative of the principles 7 involved. Throughout the specification ,and drawings like reference numerals are employed to indi-' cate correspondingparts, and in the drawings:

Fig. 1 shows our receptacle set up convdition ready for use.

l Fig. 2 aside view showing thesame sealed and collapsed for transfer.

Fig. 3a view of asingleservice container removed,and p a N Fig. 4 a view ofour holderwith its sup ports indicated infdotted lines in collapsed position. I y

In carrying out our invention as in the emf bodiment shown, we provide a rigid frame of suitable size, such as might be' co'nveniently placed in a sink or on a drain board, kitchen table or other place'where the same might be needed for domestic use.

base frame 1 having cross bars 2 whichconstitute an open work support. 1 Adjacent each end the bars are bent as at 3 toform feet for spacing a supporting frame from the sink bottom or other surface so thatwater or other moisture may pass under it freely.

Pivoted tothe base are a pair of supports consisting of uprights' l' connected at their upper end'by cross bar 5jwhich is formed with a downturned portion 6 making of. the bar 5 a clamp for the end portion of the container 'C. This container is preferably rec tangularin cross section and foldable'as at- '0 heframe shown consists ofa rectangular sothat'i'npacking it will lie flat and in'clos- .as garbage, which can be readily dumped into it without spilling and without unnecessary handling. (hen-the container is; filled or when it is desired to remove the garbage to some more permanent receptacle such as an outside garbage can, the ends a are slipped from the loop 6-and the top of the container 7 C brought together as indicated in Fig. 2,it then being folded over on the opposite side and "the ends a being bent about the edge of the container as in standard containers of this type in which the top isclosed by foldbe liftedqout of the frame and pla ce'din'a'ny "ing. The filled and sealed container may'now outside or inside garbage receptacle or in cinerator, or alternatively.

The supports 4 may be tilted together, as shown in Fig. 2, so as to bring the cross bars 5 together forming a handle or bail by which the filled container can be safely carried regardless of the weight of-its contentsx' .JAS first suggested; such containers are pref- 1;; combustible separate units.

ThestripA is preferably of some reason-, bly stifi but readily deformable material such as aflatwir'e of soft alloy. This preferably in accordance with our invention is made readily fusible so that the ,strip A is quickly reduced by the heat of the incinerator and drops through without clogging. or otherwise interfering with the functioning of the combustion.

The frame may be folded flat when not.

in use or for acking as indicated by the dotted lines in 1* ig. 4. Fresh individual container units as indicated in Fig. 3 may readilyfbe inserted in the frame when'the ends are erected as'in Fig. 4 so that our invention provides a basis of removable replaceable container units easily folded and packed, inexpensive and readily combustible and while of a. whollycollapsible nature when combined with the rigid frame work makes a receptacle which standsop'en with a wide mouth to receive whatever refuse is to be put into it by simply dumping and with- I out other handling.

. The container preferably folds out with a flat ,bot tom'B Whichrests on the cross bars 2 of the base frame, so asto be evenly sup- ;ported and be held wellabove any drainage surface on which it may be placed, as for eX ample, where it is used in an ordinary "kitchen sink. This makes itpossible to use material of relatively light stock which is inexpensive and which also presents a minimum of material to be burned.

, Frames in accordance with our invention may obviously be constructed in .various shapes and sizes and the containers maybe variedin form, sizeand material, allwith- '1. A holder frame fora 7 "container having a closed bottomand an :Qp n top, co p i n a p er f t e out departing from the spirit of our inven 'tion.

What we therefore claim'and desire to. se-

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removable refill tainer bottom, a plurality of uprights pivcontainer retaining formations adj acent its upper end, a closed bottom, open top combustible container of water and grease resistant material having a deformable strip across the open top. thereofconstituting when the container isopenedand positioned within "said frame a releasable engageable elecontainer retaining formations, cross bars uniting said uprights and adapted to be swung therewith'toward each other to'proijnent effective to interlock with the container videa handle for said frame, and "a con 7 tainer having an open top a d'apted'to be en} gaged'by said formations when said uprights are in vertical position so as to hold said container inopen'position.

4. A garbage receptacle comprising a frameincluding a bottom member and a plurality of uprightspivotedto"said bottom and downturned at their upper ends to provide container retaining formations, cross bars uniting said uprights and adapted 'to'be swungtherewith toward each other to-pr'ovide a'handle' for said'frame, and acon'taine'r having an open top adaptedto be engaged by said formations'when said'uprights are in vertical'position so as to hold'said 'container in open position, a deformable strip acrossone ed'ge'of said container top constituting a'n'element also engageable with the downturned portions of said frame when it is desired to retain said container in open position, the top of said container being foldable, and saiddefo'rmable strip ad'apted to be clinchedover the foldeded ge of said conbottom when placed thereon, uprights on its said support having. transyerse members 1 adapted to receive a bag, agremovablarepl-aceable, foldable bag having inwardly creased sides and an outwardly creased @bottom so to lie fiat when folded'butadapted to be opened up into substantially rectangular cross section, said bottom member of the frame supporting the bag bottom when placed thereon and holding it against external collapse and said side members holding the sides of the bag against internal collapse.

6. A garbage receptacle comprising a frame including a bottom member having transverse supports adapted to receive and marginally confine a container bottom when placed thereon, uprights on said support having transverse members adapted to receive a container, a removable, replaceable, foldable container having inwardly creased sides and an outwardly creased bottom so as to lie flat when folded but adapted to be opened up into substantially rectangular cross section, said bottom member of the frame supporting the container bottom when placed thereon and holding it against external collapse and said side members holding the sides of the container against internal collapse.

7. A bag supporting'and conveying frame comprising a bag supporting base, and carrying means for said base having formations for engagement with the bag to hold the same open, said means comprising elements pivoted to the base for swinging movement between collapsed and operative positions relative thereto.

8. A bag supporting and conveying frame comprising a bag supporting base, elements pivoted to the base for swinging movement to a relative position to collectively constitute a handle for carrying the base and to another relative position to hold a bag supported on the base in an open position, and bag engaging and holding means carried by said elements.

9. A bag supporting and conveying frame as set forth in claim 8 in which the bag holding handle elements are swingable to a collapsed position in which they overlie the base and extend substantially parallel therewith.

10. A bag supporting and conveying frame comprising a bag supporting base, a pair of bail elements pivoted at spaced points tosaid base for swinging movement to collapsed positions overlying the base substantially parallel thereto, upright bag holding positions, and relatively inwardly inclined base carry ing positions, each bail element comprising a pair of side bars and a transverse connecting bar at the outer ends of said side bars, and bag engaging and holding means carried by said bail elements.

11. A bag supporting and conveying frame comprising a bag supporting base, a pair of bail elements pivoted at spaced points to said 7 base for swinging movement between collapsed and substantially upright positions,

. means to prevent outward swinging movement of said bail elements beyond substantiallyupright positions, and means carried I by said bail elements for engaging and holding a bag supported on the base in an open positlon.

12. A bag supporting and conveying frame comprising a bag supporting base, a pair of bail elements pivoted to said base at spaced points for swmging movement to substantially upright positions and to relatively inwardly inclined positions with their free ends disposed adjacent to each other, each element comprising a pair of side bars and a transverse bar connecting said side bars at their outer ends, and formations at the junction of each transverse bar with its related sidebars for engaging and holding a bagsupported on the base in an open position.

13. A bag supporting and conveylng frame comprising a bag supporting base, a pair of bail elements pivoted to said base at spaced points for swinging movement between sub stantially upright and relatively inwardly inclined positions, each bail element comprising a pair of side bars and a transverse connecting bar at the outer ends of said side bars whereby, when the bail elements are swung, 

